Sumit, Prajnesh advance in Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger

Bengaluru, November 20: Sumit Nagal made quick work of N Vijay Sundar Prashanth, ousting him 6-2 6-0 in the first round of the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger at the KSLTA courts on Monday (November 20).

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Sumit didn't have to struggle much against Vijay Sundar, who was guilty of committing seven double faults during the match. Five of those double faults came in the first set, which saw Sumit break his opponent in the third game itself. Vijay Sundar briefly recovered in the fifth game, but Sumit quickly marched to take the set in 27 minutes.

The second set started with Sumit breaking Vijay Sundar in the first game itself. Vijay Sundar kept playing the shots out to hand Sumit the advantage. The 20-year-old was stretched but he claimed the set in 29 minutes.

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Earlier, Prajnesh Gunneswaran defeated American Evan King 6-4 6-4. It was the third time in the last two months that the duo met in the first round. Prajnesh was beaten in Pune last week but he exacted revenge in straight sets on Monday. In the first outing, at the Tiburon Challenger, it was the Chennai-based Prajnesh who emerged triumphant.

Prajnesh later combined with Ramkumar Ramanathan and sailed past the duo of Suraj Prabodh and Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) 6-2 6-2 in a doubles tie. In another encounter, the third seeded Indian pair of N Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan marched ahead with an easy 6-0 6-3 victory over the duo from Spain - Mario Vilella and Bernabe Zapata Miralles, the first alternate team. The original opponents Pedja Krstin of Serbia Tsung Hua Yang had to withdraw owing to the former dropping out in the second set of his singles match against Brydan Klein earlier in the day.

RESULTS

Round 1

Singles

Sumit Nagal (IND) bt N Vijay Sunder Prashanth (IND) 6-2 6-0; Brydan Klein (GBR) bt Pedja Krstin (SRB) 6-4 1-0 (retd); Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt 6-Evan King (USA) 6-4 6-4; Jay Clarke (GBR) bt Sidharth Rawat (IND) 6-3 6-3; Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA) lost to Marc Polmans (AUS) 6-7 (2) 3-6

Doubles

Tomislav Brkic (BIH) / Ante Pavcic (CRO) bt Pedro Martinez (ESP) / Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) 6-3 6-2; Ivan Sabanov (CRO) / Matej Sabanov (CRO) bt Kunal Anand (IND) / Anvit Bendre (IND) 6-7 (3) 6-4 10-7; 3-N Sriram Balaji (IND) / Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Mario Vilella (ESP) / Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 6-0 6-3; Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) / Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) bt Suraj Prabodh (IND) / Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) 6-2 6-2.

(With agency inputs)